IBM Watson Health Teams Up With The CDC To Research Blockchain

On October 24th, IBM and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced an initiative to research the benefits of blockchain combined with AI. IBM’s chief science officer, Shahram Ebadollahi, made the announcement during an IBM Watson Health panel discussion at the Fast Company Innovation Festival.

Ebadollahi says, “With blockchain we can collect data and extract insights through AI, and the future will have an economy around that we can hardly even imagine right now.”